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Hey fam, this is a long post so apologies 😂

I started a discord a while ago for everyone to be able to have one hub to chat to each other. I wanted to create a fun community there! However….. I found it incredibly overwhelming to keep up with because I was checking/replying to comments on YouTube, Patreon, twitter, and then discord. As you guys know, my schedule is jam packed. So trying to reply in so many areas was overwhelming AF 😂 I am also very well known to suck at replying, so whilst I was doing my best, my personality was getting in the way hahaha.

The discord was created before Patreon had the community chat area, but now that there is one here, I’m wondering a couple of things.

Do you want me to try and re-vamp the discord back up? Try my best to be active there? Or can we just use the chat here in Patreon? Somewhere we can dump our thoughts and share different things.

It’s easier for me to just be active here, BUT you guys are really important to me and I want to do whatever will be best for the community.

My other thought is that if I do focus on making the discord more lively, maybe I could open it up for my YouTube community too. As of right now, there is no one spot for my YouTube community to communicate.

Extra reactions

The second thing I wanted to inform you all about is the extra reactions. A few weeks ago I created a google form for everyone to send reactions they wanted me to watch. I was hoping to do one bonus reaction each week, but I’ve run into a couple of problems.

In December, I had sooooo much time. I was hardly working. But now…. My schedule is CRAZY. Monday and Wednesday are my only days where I just get to make videos. On Tuesday and Friday I need to leave the house by 12:00pm to get to coaching, on Thursday I’m in the office all day. And Friday afternoon I drive to Newcastle (3 hours north) to train with my team Friday and Saturday.

Usually I record my reactions for the day, on the same day. But now, I need to pre-record videos in advance so that I have enough time on Friday mornings to do my live (this week I might do the live on Sunday) I’m struggling to be able to do this. So getting in an extra reaction just isn’t happening.

I’m hoping I can find my groove over the next few weeks, but just updating you in regards to where the extra reactions are at lol.

I love you all and I’m so grateful for the continued support on my channel. It truly means so much to me! Please comment your thoughts down below, and let me know any areas I can improve 🥰

Comments

rak

hi mel! in my honest opinion, i think it’s the most important where you are most comfortable. if you cannot do the extra reactions then of course that’s fine! you also need to take care of yourself.!! as for the discord and chat.. i do think it’s a more of a thing where a lot of people would be confused on so i think it’s best if you also make a post on youtube talking about what they think! discord can get a little complicated to some people :<

Aisha

Thank you for trying to give your best for this little community of yours Mel! Truly appreciate that!🤍 First of all, I understand with all the crazy hours you put into your training and work, you’ve got little to no time for the extra reactions. I mean, me as well, on December I hardly working and can catch up with you as soon as you posted, but now I haven’t even watched 1-2 of your latest vids on Patreon bcs of I started working recently and my work schedule is crazy 😂 So, I’m enjoying your current schedule and the extra reaction can wait until you have more time..or maybe you can do it as a once in a month thing? (Again, if you do have more time. Otherwise, really enjoying with whatever your usual schedule is on Patreon or YT). Then, about discord..I actually very rarely active there 🫢 I’m more active on YT comments and Patreon’s. So, I don’t know.. I’m okay if you leave it as is but if something happening there I might just check in once i a while 😂 Wishing you a good health to stay strong for the competition (good luck for you and your team!) and..for live overall 🫶🏻

Jadaaa12

Mel do whatever makes you feel the most comfortable. I personally don’t mind the patron chat.

Christina Lee

aw, you're the best mel. lots of my friends say im busy because i work for weekdays, regular 40 hour week. and then i have lots of extra stuff for church, some weekdays and sunday and sometimes saturday. but it's literally nothing compared to what you're doing. and 6 hours travel time every friday?! thats INSANE. but i think you like everything you do right now. for reactions, i hope youll do them because you like doing them. and i hope no one is nagging on you for more reactions and that you're not doing more. you're literally one of the reactors who hasn't actually stopped reactions completely, even if you're feeling overwhelmed. i enjoy that you enjoy reacting. to be honest, i used to leave comments, but now i just barely have time to watch and sometimes request :( and i feel bad because i know thats how reactors know how they're doing, and i know every comment is appreciated even just to yell. Wherever you end up going to chat, i'll make do. it should definitely be what you're comfortable with and what you have time to learn/access. there will always be people that dont have this or that social. i don't think there is one place where EVERYONE is, so you should choose. love ya!

Jamie

besides the people who found each other through discord or started privately chatting in discord, having been on there until recently, honestly it's pretty dead on discord in the open chats. personally I don't mind discord ending or whatever you want. if people want to chat in discord they can always get each others handles. right? :) you don't have to stress about content. we are here. we are not pressuring you. it's all good. 💜

banuna

I try to watch your YT videos but I look forward to your longer patreon videos the most so I dont mind just waiting for 1 long video on patreon.

WarKittens

i'm more than happy to kickstart your ateez section if you have one, i'm just not sure it'll work if your users aren't into that kind of content. let's see.